Device for marking boots



(No Model.) l P. VENN.

VDEVICE EUR MARKING' BOOTS,v SHOES, AND OTHER ARTICLES.

. No. 284,149. Patented Aug. 28;, 1883.

:IIIII y UNITED STATES; PATENT OFFICE.

FRANK vnNN, on Mannen, Mnssnonusirrrs.f

DEVICEj FOR-MARKING B`OOTS, SHOES, ANDOTHER ARTICLES.

SPECIFICATIQN forming part of `LettersPatent No. 284,149, dated August 28, 1883. c

` Application tiled February r29, 1883. (No model.) Y

To all whom; it may concern: i. z

Beit knownthat I, FRANK VENN, of Malden, in the county of Middlesex and State of` Massachusetts, have invented new and useful Improvements in Devicesfor Marking Boots,`

Shoes, and other Articles, of which the following is a specification.

This device is constructed more especially for marking the sizes, widths, Src., on the soles or heels of boots and shoes; but itmay be used to mark cases, 8vo., other articles.

In Athe accompanying drawings, in which similar letters oi'reference indicate like parts, Figure lis an elevation of my device. 1Fig.2 is a vertical section of the same. Fig. 3 is a section on line zr, Fig. 1. Fig. 4 is a detail view or elevation of that portion of the device which marks thesizes vin shoes removed. Fig. 5 is an elevation of the disk which marks the widths.` c A is the handle,to which is rigidly secured by means of the screw a in the shank B the piece or bar B, extending downward from the handle, and of substantially the shape shown i in Figs. 2 and 4,.. Fixed immovably in this bar B is the pivot C. This bar B, which is preferably narrowed at its outer end, as at B, is provided with a spring, D, conforming to the shape of the edge of said bar, and secured `to it at d, and projecting a little below the lower extremity of the bar B.

E is a type-block,iupon which are cut the `figures 55, for marking half sizes, pivoted at e to the bar B, which is slotted to receive the thin shank E of said type-block. The type-block E is -swung into position for use, as

.. inFig. 2 and broken lines inv Fig. 4, by pressing back the spring D,which holds it in either position securely. c c Loose upon the pivot() is the wheel II, having on its peripherytype-blocks H, numbered from 17 `to 13,71 inclusive, said numbers `denoting different sizes. In order to holdthis wheel H in any desired position, a lever, I, is

`pivoted at i in a slot in the handle A. The arm I of this lever extends into and fits in one containing them, or evenpivot c is the wheel K,havingtypeb10cksx' on its periphery, usually lettered F MN W, to denote widths.- These type-blocks K (as may also be the type-blocks H) are removable,

being provided with round shanksK, and prevented from turning by means of .an annular ring or plate, Z, secured to the rear side of The wheel K is held in any desired posii or free end is provided with a bolt or projecA tion, L, which drops into any one of the holes m, asdesired. i

.P is an inking-roller, pivoted at P to the bent lever, of which B. is the long and R the short arm, said lever being pivoted eccentrihr cally at r tothe pivot C. A rod, S, is pivoted at tto the short arm B of the lever, and passes through the handle A, and lis provided with the thumb-piece S above it. A spring, T, surrounds this rod S, and is confined between the portionA of the handle Aand the pin u in said rod. By pressing the thumb-piece S, (the device being held with the hand clasping the handle A, and the thumb on the thumbpiece, with the hiking-roller and marking wheels down, as in the drawings) the inkingrollerV is swung eccentrically away fromthe marking-wheels in the direction of the broken line in Fig. 1, and theI type-blockswhich are lowest are pressed upon the shoe-sole. By releasingthe thumb-piece S, the inking-rolleris 'allowed to fly back into its normal position position for use, as in Fig. 2, or not, as desired,

the position depending on .which hole m the projection L of the spring L Vis dropped into.

In order to allow for wear of the inking roller l?, the arm R of the lever is preferably made extensible, as shown in broken lines in Fig. 1, where a dowel-pin, o, from one part of the arm extends into the other part, and a setscrew, lw, holds itin any desired position.

` The number of typeblocks on the wheels maybe varied as desired.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, isf l; A device for marking boots, shoes, or other articles, consisting, essentially, ofthe following parts, viz:` the handle A, one or more marking-wheels loose upon a pivot, C, slipported from said handle and having typeblocks on their peripheries, said markingwheels being adapted to be held in any desired position, and an inking-roller supported and operated by the lever R R and rod S S, said lever being pivoted eccentrically to the pivot C, whereby the inkingeroller may be swung eccentrically away from the marking-wheels,

all combined and arranged substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

2. The combination, with the handle A and bar B, of the type-block E E, pivoted at e to said bar, and the spring D, all constructed and arranged substantially as and for the purpose described. y 1

3. The combination of the handle A, provided with the bar B, in which is fixed the pivot C, thetype-block E, pivoted at e to said bar and spring D, the rod S, provided with the thumb-piece S, the spring T, the lever R R, pivoted eccentrically to the pivot C, the wheels H and K on the pivot C, and the inking-roller P, all combined and arranged substantially as and for the purpose set forth. 1

. Y FRANK VEN N Vitnesses: p

HENRY W. WILLIAMs, JOSEPH IsHBAUGH. 

